Article dispensing container



Augo 1944? H. CRANE 2,354,741

ARTICLE DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed Jn. .22. 1944 HARRY CRANE Patentecl Aug. 1, 1944 UN'EED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

ARTICLE DISPENSING CONTAINER Harry Crane, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application January 22, 1944, 'Serial No. 519,283

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved construction of a container designed for dispensing therefrom the articles contained therein,

the present container being particularly adapted for dispensing tablets and the like one at a time as needed or desired.

Among the principal objects of the present invention is to provide such a container which in outward appearance is similar to that of con' ventional packages now in use, which is adapted to be manufactured entirely of paper or other such material of which the conventional packages are now being made and which is simple in design and economical of manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear more iully hereinafter, it being understood that the present invention consists in the combination, construction, location and relative arrangement of parts, ail as will appear more fully from the detailed description which follows, as shown in the accompanying drawing and as finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the container of the present invention, a part of which is broken away to show the interior of the container when the same is in closed condition;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the inner part of the container extended into article-dispensing position;

Figure 3 is a view corresponding '00 Figure 1 showing the front portion of the container in closed condition;

Figure 4 is a view corresponding to Figure 2 showing the inner part of the container extended into dispensing position;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the inner movable part of the container;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the movable part is formed;

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 'l--! 01? Figure 3; and

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 88 of Figure 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will be observed that the container of the present invention comprises two main parts consisting respectively of an outer shell J and an inner member l The outer shell [0, is preferable formed of a single blank of suitable sheet material, such as paper, cardboard, or the like, which is suitably out, scored and folded to provide a box of conventional construction having a top Il, a bottom l2, opposite side walls l3 and M, a closed rear wall 15 and a front end closure wall l6 having the conventional tab I1, which is insertable interiorly of the box Il! when the same is closed. It will be noted, however, that in the present construction, this front end wall I6 extends only partially across the full width of the box Il! to close preferably only one-hal-f of the front opening thereof, as-most cleaxly appears inFigures 1, .3 and 4.

The other member il] et the container of the presnt invention is formed of a single blank of similar sheet material Which is out to shape and scored as shown, most clearly in Figure 6, the main body [8 of this blank being of a width adapted to fit snugly within the interior of the outer shell or box l0 so as to provide for the latter a longitudinally shiftable bottom upon the upper surface of which is disposed the several tablets or the like which are to be dispensed from the container. This blank of which the member Il] is formed is proVided at one end thereof with an extension l9 which is scored along the dotted lines 20, 21 and 22, and out along the lines 23 and 24 to provide a series of fiap elements 25, 26 and 21 which are adapted to be bent upwardly and secured together, as shown more particularly in Figure 5, to provide the inner member Il) at the forward end thereof With a three-sided pocket member 28. This pocket member 28 is of a depth approximately equal to the internal height of the main outer shell or box I0, while the overall length of the member l including the pocket member 28 thereof, approximately equals the overall length of said main box. The width of the pocket member 28 approximately equals the width of the open part of the front end of the box I0, from which it will appear that when the said member Il! is inserted within the box l0 and moved to its rearmost position therein, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, the front end wall of the pocket member 28 serves conjointly with the front member 16 of the box Il) te completely close the front end of the box.

The articles to be dispensed are normally packed in the box in a single layer and in two rows extending from the front to the rear ends of the closed container, in consequence of which it will be understood that one of said articles will occupy the pocket 28 when the container is completely filled. In order to dispense these articles from the container one at a. time, it is merely necessary to withdraw the member Il] from the main outer shell Il) to an extent suficient to fully expose the pocket member part 28 of the member l as shown in Figure 4. To facilitate so wvithdrawing the member Il] into the article dispensing position shown in Figure 4, the top wall Il of the shell may be cut away, as at '29, to provide an opening 30 immediately adjacent the upper edge of the front wall 21 of the compartment 28 to facilitate grasping said front wall 21 by the fingers and so withdrawing the inner member into its article dispensing position. It will be understood, of course, that the edge 3! of and then inclining the container l t] in such man-' ner as to cause one of the articles contained..

therein to move into the compartment 28 whereupon such article may be dispensed from the container when the member ltl is shifted longi- .tud inally of the shell l0 into the position shown in Figures 2 and 4.

' To urther facilitate the 1eady remval of an article from the compartment 28 when the same is outwardly dr'awn in'to its dispensing position, the member 10 may beScored along the line 32 -t0 thereby permit the Docketed extension 28 thereof to be'bnt downwardly out of its normal piaLne into the dotted une position as shown in Figure 4. V

' It will be understood, of course, that the pres- {entinvention is susceptible of various changes and modifications which may' be ma;de from time to time Without' departilig' from the general princip1es or rea1 spirit thereof, and it is accordingly intended to claim the saine broadiy, as well as specifically, as indiCated by the appended claims.

What is claimed as new and useful is:

1. In *an article-dispensing package of the character described, a main outer box or shell for receiving therein the articles to be dispensed, said box being provided with an opening extending partialiy across the wvidth of one end thereof, and a slidabie member disposed interiorly of said box and having a three-walled pocket formed at one end thereof, the mouth of said pocket presenting interiorly of the box and the Closed the pocket being thus adapted to receive from Within the interior of the box one of the articles to be dispensed.

HARRY CRANE. 

